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EP0669781B1
EP0669781B1 EP93900401A EP93900401A EP0669781B1 EP 0669781 B1 EP0669781 B1 EP 0669781B1 EP 93900401 A EP93900401 A EP 93900401A EP 93900401 A EP93900401 A EP 93900401A EP 0669781 B1 EP0669781 B1 EP 0669781B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/20—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
    • H04R1/22—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only 
    • H04R1/28—Transducer mountings or enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
    • H04R1/2869—Reduction of undesired resonances, i.e. standing waves within enclosure, or of undesired vibrations, i.e. of the enclosure itself
    • H04R1/2884—Reduction of undesired resonances, i.e. standing waves within enclosure, or of undesired vibrations, i.e. of the enclosure itself by means of the enclosure structure, i.e. strengthening or shape of the enclosure
    • H04R1/2888—Reduction of undesired resonances, i.e. standing waves within enclosure, or of undesired vibrations, i.e. of the enclosure itself by means of the enclosure structure, i.e. strengthening or shape of the enclosure for loudspeaker transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/02—Casings; Cabinets ; Supports therefor; Mountings therein
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/002—Devices for damping, suppressing, obstructing or conducting sound in acoustic devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/16—Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
    • G10K11/172—Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using resonance effects
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/20—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
    • H04R1/32—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only
    • H04R1/34—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by using a single transducer with sound reflecting, diffracting, directing or guiding means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/20—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
    • H04R1/32—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only
    • H04R1/34—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by using a single transducer with sound reflecting, diffracting, directing or guiding means
    • H04R1/345—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by using a single transducer with sound reflecting, diffracting, directing or guiding means for loudspeakers

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  • This invention relates to a cabinet in which few standing waves are generated and, in particular, to a speaker system comprising such a cabinet which is suitable for reproducing high fidelity sounds.
  • Document EP-A-0 297 008 discloses a speaker system according to the preamble of claim 1 with means suppressing standing wave resonances.
  • the sound resonance suppressing means are formed by one or several blocks entirely composed of cellular material presenting channels parallel to the speaker axis.
  • a particular embodiment of these resonance suppressing means presents three layers of cellular material being applied one after the other.
  • the density of the material of the first and the third layer being superior to 0.1 g/cm 3 and the one of the intermediate layer being equal or less than 0.03 g/cm 3 .
  • German Patent Publication DE-A-39 27 178 shows a speaker cabinet with acoustic isolation walls made of corrugated cardboard.
  • This cabinet made of several thicknesses of corrugated cardboard reduces the sound of the panel resonance because of its thickness and characteristic of high internal loss. But this cabinet has little effect in reducing the cavity resonance (standing waves).
  • British Patent Publication GB-A-659 818 discloses a loudspeaker system having a vertical column which may be provided with one or more horizontal apertured struts and is internally lagged with sound absorbing material.
  • the undesirable cavity resonances, namely the standing waves having middle or shorter waves lengths, are not reduced by the horizontal apertured struts but by the sound absorbing material lagged inside the column.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a speaker system which can reproduce a clear bass sound and a stereophonic sound having an expanded sound field.
  • loudspeaker systems of the present invention are described hereunder.
  • the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.
  • Fig. 1 shows a central cross section of the first embodiment of a cylindrical speaker cabinet according to the present invention.
  • the speaker system of a first embodiment is a tallboy type, non-directional sound radiation speaker system including a speaker cabinet (hereinafter called "cabinet") 1 formed into a longitudinal shape.
  • the cabinet 1 comprises a front baffle 2 and a speaker drive unit 3 fitted upwardly, at a top of the cabinet.
  • the cabinet 1 comprises side walls 4 in the form of a large tube formed from a paper card of 25 cm in inside diameter, 1 m in length, and 0.5 cm in thickness.
  • the side walls 4 are mounted on a thick board 5, and the front baffle 2 made of a plywood of 1.1 cm in thickness is mounted on the paper tube.
  • a sound resonance suppressing apparatus of a first type comprising a plurality of cylindrical tubes 6a, 6b, 6c is located within the cabinets.
  • the cylindrical tubes are all closed at both ends, and are made of a double wall corrugated cardboard of 0.4 cm in thickness and 0.07 g/cm 2 in density per unit area.
  • the cylindrical tube 6a is 23 cm in outside diameter and 88 cm in length, and has two cylindrical tubes 6b (18 cm in outside diameter, 42 cm in length, respectively), therein.
  • the respective cylindrical tubes 6b have two cylindrical tubes 6c (12 cm in outside diameter, 19 cm in length) therein. Accordingly, four cylindrical tubes 6c are disposed in the cylindrical tube 6a in total.
  • An axis of the large paper tube 4 need not be coaxial with the cylindrical tubes 6a-6c.
  • a frequency response curve for the speaker system of the first embodiment is shown by the solid line in Fig. 2.
  • the dotted line shows the frequency response of the speaker system without the sound resonance suppressing apparatus 6a-6c.
  • the frequency response curves were measured with a microphone disposed at a distance of 10 cm from an edge surface of the speaker drive unit 3, on the axis, by scanning in sine waves. It is apparent from these graphs that a distortion in the frequency response is improved by the invention.
  • the mid-range and bass frequency response is smoothed and the sound appears more open.
  • the two cylindrical tubes 6c located near the speaker drive unit 3 may be removed.
  • the cylindrical tube 6a may be excluded.
  • three cylindrical tubes closed at both ends and having a diameter of 18 cm and a length of 30 cm may be provided instead of the cylindrical tubes 6a, 6b, 6c.
  • the same effect as described above can be obtained by a speaker system comprising nine stacked cylindrical tubes closed at one end and having a diameter of 18 cm and a length of 10 cm.
  • a speaker system comprising nine stacked cylindrical tubes closed at one end and having a diameter of 18 cm and a length of 10 cm.
  • the dropout in the frequency response in the vicinity of 180 Hz is not greatly improved.
  • Fig. 3(A) is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a speaker system according to the present invention.
  • Sound resonance suppressing apparatus of a second type 9 comprises a square cross-section tube made of double wall corrugated cardboard of 0.4 cm in thickness and tubular paper legs having a diameter of 4 cm and a length of 4 cm. Both ends of the square cross-section tube are open.
  • a corrugated cardboard square tube with a bottom 9a having an outside width of 17 cm, a depth of 17 cm and a height of 57 cm is fixed at the bottom, by adhesive tape, to a corrugated cardboard box having an outside width of 17 cm, a depth of 17 cm and a height of 57 cm, and the legs are provided thereunder. Therefore, the bottom 9a functions as a partition wall in a vertical direction.
  • the frequency response of the second embodiment is shown by the solid line in Fig. 3(B).
  • the dotted line shows the frequency response of the system without the sound resonance suppressing apparatus of the second type 9. It is apparent from these curves that the distortion of the frequency response caused by standing waves is reduced by the type two sound resonance suppressing apparatus 9 according to the present invention. Clarity in the bass region is improved without reducing the reproducable dynamic range.
  • the square tube can be closed at one or both ends by a corrugated cardboard board or a thick board. It is preferable that the cross sectional area of the square tube is about 50 ⁇ 30% of the cross sectional area of the paper tube 8 of 25cm diameter, but in case a total area of cross sectional areas of cylinders having a smaller diameter is the same as the above described rate, a plurality of tubes having the smaller diameter may be used.
  • the partition wall 9a is preferably disposed at a position of one-half to four-fifths of the distance between the drive unit 3 and the end board 5, or at a position of one-half to four-fifths of a distance from one end of the cabinet to the other end.
  • the partition wall 9a may have a circular shape, a semicircular shape, or a doughnut shape to obtain good effect.
  • the partition wall 9a may be disposed between the partition wall 9b and the side wall 8. Also, it is preferable that edge portions of the partition wall 9a contact the partition wall 9b in the longitudinal direction.
  • the partition wall 9b continues in a longitudinal direction from an end of the partition wall 9a to an end of the cabinet.
  • the partition wall 9a may be acoustically isolating.
  • a smaller structure having a cross section of about one-half of that of the square tube 9 and a partition wall corresponding to the partition wall 9a provided between one-half to four-fifths of a distance from the front baffle 2 to the partition wall 9a, can be mounted inside the square tube 9 to further reduce unevenness in the systems's frequency response.
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment.
  • the tonal quality of a cabinet in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped is improved.
  • a cabinet 10, of the sealed type is made of plywood or particle board of 2 cm in thickness, and has an inside height of 75, a width of 50 cm and a depth of 25 cm.
  • a full range speaker drive unit (not shown), requiring an aperture of 38 cm in diameter, is attached to an opening 12 in front baffle 11.
  • a sound resonance suppressing apparatus of a third type comprises box assemblies 13 formed from paper card.
  • Each such box assembly 13 is formed of a set of five closed boxes held together by adhesive tape as shown in Fig. 4(B).
  • the closed boxes are made of cardboard of 7 cm x 7 cm x 20 cm and with a thickness of 0.06 cm and a density per unit area of 0.04 g/cm 2 .
  • the respective paper card box assemblies are located close to the top 14, back baffle 15 and both sides walls 16, 17 of the cabinet 10, and fixed by adhesive tape.
  • Fig. 4(C) shows the frequency response of the system, measured inside the cabinet.
  • the frequency response was measured by scanning in sine waves using a microphone disposed inside the cabinet in the vicinity of the speaker drive unit's chassis.
  • the cord for the microphone was fed through an opening (not shown) provided in the cabinet 10.
  • the solid line shows the frequency response with the sound resonance suppressing apparatus of the third type in place and the dotted line shows the frequency response without this sound resonance suppressing apparatus. It is apparent from these graphs that the frequency response is smoothed especially in the region below 500 Hz by using the inventive arrangement. Dynamic range is not impaired and bass clarity is improved.
  • Fig. 5 (A) is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the invention.
  • a sound resonance suppressing apparatus of a forth type is used in the fourth embodiment and is formed from angled corrugated cardboard boards 19a, 19b, 19c and 19d.
  • the angled corrugated cardboard boards are formed from double wall corrugated cardboard with a thickness of 0.4 cm and a width of 25.2 cm, and are arranged so that the junctions between the angled portions are spaced 7 cm, 11 cm, 6 cm and 3 cm from the cabinet's side walls between the front baffle 11 and the back baffle 15.
  • Angled corrugated cardboard portions 19a comprise four corrugated cardboard boards of 25.2 cm x 24 cm; angled corrugated cardboard portions 19b comprise four corrugated cardboard boards of 25.2 cm x 18 cm; angled corrugated cardboard portions 19c comprise two corrugated cardboard boards of 25.2 cm x 26 cm; and angled corrugated cardboard 19d portions comprise two corrugated cardboard boards of 25.2 cm x 25.3 cm.
  • the fourth embodiment provides approximately same effect as the third embodiment.
  • the effect of the invention is considered to be greater than the diffusion effect on bass frequencies achieved by using non-parallel reflecting surfaces comprised of double wall corrugated cardboard.
  • the speaker drive unit can be suspended by a chain so that its chassis abuts against the front baffle and the sound of music, such as jazz, which includes percussion instruments, can be enhanced.
  • the chassis and the baffle may be fixed together by a bolt to prevent damage when the speaker system is moved.
  • the chassis can be provided with boards, for preventing the speaker drive unit from slipping, located around the peripheral edge thereof.
  • Fig. 5(B) shows an example of the above structure.
  • a chain positioning member 22 (iron fitting) is used so that a speaker drive unit 21 suspended by a stainless steel chain 20 abuts against the front baffle 11.
  • a turnbuckle 23 is used for positioning the speaker unit in a vertical direction. It is better to provide a suspension fitting 24 at a position where the front baffle and the side wall join.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment.
  • a sound resonance suppressing apparatus of a fifth type comprises boxes 25 and box 26, all formed from paper card.
  • the box 25 is a closed type box made of cardboard of 0.06 cm in thickness which is waterproofed on one surface, and has dimensions of 7 cm x 7 cm x 20 cm, as shown in Fig. 6 (B). Twenty-nine paper card boxes 25 are disposed along the top board, the bottom board and the side walls inside the cabinet, as shown in the drawing, and fixed by adhesive tape or drawing pins, if necessary.
  • the box 26 is a closed box (5 cm x 34 cm x 36 cm) made of double wall corrugated cardboard of 0.4 cm in thickness, as shown in Fig. 6(C), and is fixed on the back baffle 15 to the rear of the speaker drive unit.
  • Fig. 6(D) shows frequency response curves taken from the rear of the cabinet. It is apparent from these graphs that standing waves within the cabinet are reduced. Reduction of standing waves in the vicinity of 650 Hz is due to the paper card box 26 shown in the drawing. Clarity of mid-range and bass frequencies is improved. Incidentally, although twenty-nine paper card boxes 25 were used in the embodiment, another fourteen such boxes can be added to obtain good effect. The additional fourteen paper card boxes should be stacked on the bottom board so that forty three boxes in total are used. The bass extension and the output levels in the mid-range and bass regions are not greatly changed.
  • Fig. 7 (A) is a perspective view of a sixth embodiment.
  • a sound resonance suppressing apparatus of a sixth type is formed from a closed box 26 (5 cm x 34 cm x 36 cm) made of double wall corrugated cardboard of 0.4 cm in thickness, which is the same as that used in the sound resonance suppressing apparatus of the fifth type in the fifth embodiment, and double wall corrugated cardboard boards 27 having a thickness of 0.4 cm and a width of 25.2 cm.
  • the closed box 26 is fixed to the rear baffle as in the fifth embodiment, and the double wall corrugated cardboard boards 27 are fitted in parallel to the top board, the bottom board and the side boards, between the front and back baffles so that a plurality of closed spaces are formed therein.
  • H 75 cm
  • H2 19 cm
  • H4 6 cm
  • W 50 cm
  • D 25 cm.
  • Fig. 7(B) shows frequency response curves taken from inside the cabinet of the sixth embodiment.
  • a sound resonance suppressing apparatus wherein the height H1 need not be equal to H3 and the width W1 need not be equal to W2, can be used.
  • double wall corrugated cardboard boards 27a which determine the lengths W1, W2 and contact both side walls, can be replaced with thick boards which also serve to reinforce the side walls.
  • the double wall corrugated cardboard boards contacting the front baffle, back baffle, top board and bottom board may be partly replaced by thick reinforcing boards.
  • Fig. 8(A) is a perspective view of a seventh embodiment.
  • a sound resonance suppressing apparatus of a seventh type is formed from ten square tubes 28 made of cardboard and having two inner partitions between closed ends, as shown in Fig. 8 (B), and two closed-type corrugated cardboard boxes 29 as shown in Fig. 8(C). Two sets of the five square tubes 28 are provided uprightly near both side walls, respectively. The two closed-type corrugated cardboard boxes 29 are fixed side by side to the back baffle at a position opposite the speaker drive unit.
  • Each square tube 28 is formed of cardboard of 0.06 cm in thickness, and is made up from a closed box of 7 cm x 7 cm x 20, a box of 7 cm x 7 cm x 24 cm having an open top end, which is fixed below the closed box with adhesive tape, and another box of 7 cm x 7 cm x 24 cm having an open top end which is fixed below the box having an open top end with adhesive tape to form a square tube of 7 cm x 7 cm x 68 cm.
  • the two closed corrugated cardboard boxes are made of a double wall corrugated cardboard of 0.4 cm in thickness and have a dimension of 5 cm x 15 cm x 22 cm.
  • Fig. 8(D) shows frequency response curves taken from inside the cabinet of the seventh embodiment.
  • the dotted line shows the frequency response characteristic when the sound resonance suppressing apparatus is not used, and the solid line shows the frequency response when the sound resonance suppressing apparatus is used.
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view of an eighth embodiment. The embodiment illustrates improvements of tonal quality in large speaker cabinets.
  • a cabinet 30 is a sealed-type speaker cabinet having a height of 160 cm, a width of 60 cm and a depth of 40 cm (outside dimensions), formed from a laminate of three double wall corrugated cardboard boards 36b of 0.4 cm in thickness attached to the inside of a plywood board 36a of 1.4 cm in thickness, as shown in Fig. 9(D).
  • the cabinet has a structure comprising three cabinet portions 31, 32, 33 stacked so that the cabinet has joins at heights of 70 cm and 120 cm from the bottom.
  • the stacking arrangement which is shown in detailed vertical section in Fig. 9(D), includes mating portions 34 and 35 and a rotatable locking member 37, which can engage both the upper and lower of two mated cabinet portions to prevent them from separating.
  • the speaker drive unit is a full range unit having a diameter of 38 cm and is suspended by a chain so that its chassis (not shown) abuts against the front baffle of the intermediate cabinet portion 32.
  • a sound resonance suppressing apparatus of an eighth type is formed of closed boxes 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46 made of a double wall corrugated cardboard of 0.4 cm in thickness.
  • the closed boxes 38, 39 and 40 have a depth of 7 cm and, as shown in detail in Fig. 9(B), each such box is provided with internal partitions 47.
  • the closed boxes 38, 39 and 40 are attached to the rear baffles of the respective cabinets 31, 32 and 33, as shown in Fig. 9(A).
  • Closed boxes 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46 respectively have inner boxes 48 inside them, as shown in Fig. 9(C).
  • Each inner box 48 has a cross section of one half the area of that of an outer box 41-45, and is partitioned into three smaller portions.
  • the closed boxes 41, 42, 45 and 46 are attached to the front baffles of the respective cabinet portions 31 and 33.
  • the closed boxes 43 and 44 are attached to the side walls of the cabinet portion 32.
  • the partition walls can be formed from other sheet-like materials, such as cloth, high density felt, resin board, lead sheet, insulation board and thin board, which have densities per unit area of from 0.01 g/cm 2 to 1.0 g/cm 2 , preferably, 0.02 g/cm 2 to 0.5 g/cm 2 ; densities per volume of more than 0.1 g/cm 3 ; high internal loss; and low elasticity.
  • the material should be selected to suit the wavelength of the resonating sound it is wished to suppress and the tone it is wished to achieve.
  • the sheet-like materials may not necessarily be porous.
  • the compartments or spaces defined within the cabinets optionally can be filled with a known sound absorbing material of volume density of less than 0.05 g/cm 3 , such as glass wool.
  • the partition wall as shown by embodiments in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, has to be semi-transmissive for sounds of wavelengths which approximate to the cabinet's length. It is obvious that a full-transmissive partition wall is not effective. A fully reflective partition wall produces standing waves of different wavelengths, has no diffusing effect, and, thus, simply reduces the effective volume of the cabinet.
  • One end of the space enclosed by the partition walls must be formed between one-half and four-fifths of the distance between the furthest spaced walls of the cabinet. Also, it is desirable that the cross-sectional area of the end of the enclosed space is less than 80% of cross-section of the cabinet across its length.
  • the total volume of the encompassed space or spaces, in which there is no drive unit or the like, preferably makes up 10% to 80% of the total volume of the cabinet.
  • the partition walls forming the space preferably include a partition wall for dividing the longitudinal direction of the cabinet and a partition wall for dividing a crosswise direction of the cabinet.
  • a simple embodiment comprises a hollow tubular body formed of cardboard or corrugated cardboard arranged in the cabinet as described below.
  • two or three medium sized hollow bodies having a cross-section of one-half to two-thirds of that of the cabinet should be arranged in series from one end to the other along the length of the cabinet.
  • These hollow bodies may be divided into more than two or three smaller compartments.
  • These compartments may have two or three small hollow bodies having a cross-section of one-half of that of the medium sized hollow bodies arranged therein in series along the length of the cabinet as needed.
  • Such small hollow bodies can be arranged outside the medium sized hollow bodies
  • the cabinet may have corrugated cardboard boards laminated to the inside thereof and may be cut into several cabinet portions.
  • the separated cabinet portions may be stacked to form a complete cabinet.
  • This structure can suppress unnecessary resonance of the cabinet without making the cabinet heavy.
  • the corrugated cardboard layer integrated with each of the wood panels forming the cabinet, may be replaced by a laminated composite corrugated cardboard layer and, thus, can be further thickened. Any of the wood and corrugated cardboard panels may be replaced by a similar structure formed from resin.
  • the speaker drive unit it can be hung on the middle cabinet portion 32 by a chain and the front baffle may be constructed so that they can be removed as a unit.
  • the top and the bottom plates of the cabinet may have a box similar to the closed box 38 formed of a double-wall corrugated cardboard adhered to insides thereof.
  • the present invention is applicable to sealed box, bass-reflex, and open back speaker systems, and horn speaker systems wherein the speaker drive unit is in a cabinet.

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